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The Work/Life Balancing Act (10 unread)

• Cultivating Leadership: Where do women fit in?

  Last week, I had the pleasure of participating on a panel discussion sponsored by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Miami. We dove into some rather controversial topics, mostly dissecting how more women can make it into leadership roles.

  I'm sharing a blog post that appeared on the CREW-Miami website to [...]

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• How a spouse can doom your work life balance success

   

  
  
  

   

  Sheryl Sandberg, the outspoken COO of Facebook, repeatedly has said one of the most important career moves you make is who you marry. I see that played out, over and over, sometimes in a positive way, and sometimes not. 

  Just as lack of consensus [...]

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• Millennials think being an entrepreneur is the path to work life balance

  Millennials, people in their 20s, are used to being overscheduled. They don't mind working hard, they just want to do it where and when they want to do it. Today, I wrote about how Millennials view entrepreneurship and how it will change the workplace for the rest of us. 

  Young entrepreneurs [...]
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• Should pregnant workers get special treatment?

  When I was pregnant, I made full use of the special parking spot at my newspaper's offices for expecting mothers. It was right up in front of the building and saved me from walking for miles carrying around the 70 pounds I had gained with my daughter.

  I didn't ask [...]

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• Should pregnant workers get special treatment?

  When I was pregnant, I made full use of the special parking spot at my newspaper's offices for expecting mothers. It was right up in front of the building and saved me from walking for miles carrying around the 70 pounds I had gained with my daughter.

  I didn't ask [...]

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• What moms really want for mother's day...Our kids attention

  For Mother's Day, I want my kids' attention. I want them to do an activity with me -- plant flowers, ride bikes, go for a run, read a book. 

  Lately, "Cats in the Cradle" my husband's favorite song, has begun playing in my head. When my children were younger, I would [...]

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• Are we packing too much into our days?

  Earlier this week I attended a funeral for a friend's mother. It was the first time in a long time that I shut my phone off for about four, almost five hours, during the work day. I felt  that if I took a peek at my phone during the mass [...]

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• Moms who save children's lives

  Is there any work life balance for moms in medicine?

  Linda Brodsky, an pediatric otolaryngologist, has received a grant from the American Medical Women’s Association to study the experiences, attitudes, and work habits of women physicians. She told me the health care system is not readily adapting to [...]

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• Sheryl Sandberg's husband gives his view on work life balance

  I LOVE this interview with SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg. He talked with Business Insider about how he manages work life balance, and what it's like being married to Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO.

  Some of the issues he tackles: unplugging from work, dating long distance, [...]

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• Are companies really beefing up perks?

  
  
  

  An article in the Sun Sentinel this morning says employers are beefing up perks to keep their talented rosters intact. One staffing recruiter said the pendulum has swung back and that bonuses are back in vogue. Another company said it's going to offer employees [...]

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